Silvia Soler-Espinosa bounces back to oust Anna Tatishvili in round one – Swedish Open 2012
World number 73, Anna Tatishvili, drastically lost to the 63rd ranked Spaniard, Silvia Soler-Espinosa, in an epic three-setter that ended up 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 for the Spanish professional. She is now comfortably placed
in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Swedish Open on the eve of Tuesday.
The opening set witnessed a classic see-saw battle between the two contestants. Only five serve holds were witnessed out of the 10 games played and that meant five breakpoints successfully converted by both parties altogether.
However, the Georgian professional was lucky to grab three off them and managed to win the opening set in a dramatic fashion. Breakpoints were flowing all over the place at the clay courts of Bastad.
A drastic turnaround was witnessed in the following set that featured some outrageous display of all round shorts from the 24-year-old Spaniard who didn’t waste a single opportunity to pound on her rival. She was completely a different
player altogether and displayed some breathtaking strokes that left the crowd amused completely.
Espinosa won two breakthroughs in the set and faltered just once on her serve to bring the scores back on level terms. The Georgian professional was comprehensively thumped on the back foot and the momentum was clearly with the
Spaniard. She was lucky on a couple of occurrences as well as the ball just kissed the touchline. However, she deserved that piece of luck to turn things around.
The flow of the stroke play helped the 63rd ranked Spaniard to exert immense pressure on her rival. She won the first breakthrough in the final set and didn’t look back from that stage; smacked her competitor to all
corners of the courts and clinched two more breakpoints on the trot to register an emphatic bagel. Everyone stood on their feet to congratulate the 24-year-old Spaniard on her epic comeback from a set down.
Now, the head-to-head scores at squared off with this triumph for the Spaniard. She was trailing 0-1 at the start of the match having witnessed a defeat at the hands of the 22-year-old Georgian in the first qualifier of the US
Open, almost three years ago.
Espinosa plays the successful contender in the clash between Patricia Mary-Achleitner and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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